William Thomas - In diesen heil'gen Hallen from The Magic Flute (CSOTW, 11th June 2023)

William Thomas performing "In diesen heil'gen Hallen" from Mozart's opera The Magic Flute during the first round of the 2023 Cardiff Singer Of The World competition. The English bass sang the role of Nicholas in the British premiere of Samuel Barber’s Vanessa at the Glyndebourne Festival and made his debut at the Vienna State Opera as Snug (A Midsummer Night’s Dream). In the 2022/23 season, William sang Colline (La bohème) for Glyndebourne on Tour and the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival and Snug at Opéra de Rouen Normandie. On the concert platform, he has performed Handel’s Messiah with the Academy of Ancient Music/Laurence Cummings, Mozart’s Requiem with Glyndebourne on Tour and Handel’s St John Passion with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra/von Steinacker. He'll be making debuts at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Teatro alla Scala well as a return to the Opéra National de Paris. Learn more about William Thomas here    • Meet William Thomas (CSOTW Contestant 2023)   Subscribe to the channel here to stay up to date with new releases https://bit.ly/SubscribeToCardiffSinger (p) 2023 BBC. The copyright in the recording is owned by the BBC. The BBC word mark and logo are trade-marks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and used under licence. BBC Logo © BBC 2007 #CardiffSingerOfTheWorld #CardiffSinger #CSOTW #BBCWales #Mozart #Opera #bass #classicalmusic #TheMagicFlute